851-0315-01L Writing: Precision of Language as a Field of Research for Literature
| Semester | Autumn Semester 2016 |
| Lecturers | F. Kretzen |
| Periodicity | every semester recurring course |
| Language of instruction | German |
Courses
| Number | Title | Hours | Lecturers | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 851-0315-01 G | Schreibarbeit: Präzision der Sprache als Forschungsfeld der Literatur Permission from lecturers required for all students.
Eine 2-3seitige Textprobe ist bis zum 15.9.2016 einzusenden an: friederike@kretzen.info Daten: 10.11., 17.11., 24.11., 1.12. und 8.12.2016 , jeweils 17 bis 19 Tagesseminar am 21.1.2017 von 10-19 | 19s hrs |
| F. Kretzen |
Catalogue data
| Abstract | When we write a literary text we enter into a set-up for experiments and explore the possibilities ensuing from the specific structure and consistency of such a text. Literary writing allows us to go over to another kind of knowledge. Thus, the question: what is it that I want to write about? is replaced by: what do I write? |
| Learning objective | In this course we shall analyze and apply conditions and criteria for literary writing on the basis of our own texts. The course is intended for persons who are interested in literary approaches to exactitude. Any attempt to write literature is confronted with an unforeseeable linguistic dynamism whose feasibility is determined by laws and rules quite different from those of science and technology. For the science-oriented writer, experiencing the self-evidence produced by literary approaches in his or her own writing project opens up a field of language with new content and new methods. |
| Content | In the natural sciences as well as in engineering we set up experiments, analyze equation systems, and formulate theories. In order to complement these practices, the course «Writing» shall pursue precision in literary writing, its choice of word and its self-evidence. When we write a literary text we also enter into a set-up for experiments and explore the possibilities ensuing from the specific structure and overall consistency of such a text. This form of writing takes us from the question: what is it that I want to write about? to the question: what do I write? How do such literary approaches differ from the ways in which the natural sciences use language? In this course we shall analyze and apply conditions and criteria for literary writing on the basis of our own texts. The course is intended for persons who are interested in literary approaches to exactitude. Any attempt to write literature is confronted with an unforeseeable linguistic dynamism whose feasibility is determined by laws and rules quite different from those of science and technology. For the science-oriented writer, experiencing the self-evidence produced by literary approaches in his or her own writing project opens up a field of language with new content and new methods. |
| Prerequisites / Notice | Those wishing to participate are required to send in between two and three pages text of their own writing that will be discussed in class. The next step will be writing a text on a preset topic as a basis for discussing the various realizations of a given task. |
Performance assessment
| Performance assessment information (valid until the course unit is held again) | |
Performance assessment as a semester course | |
| ECTS credits | 1 credit |
| Examiners | F. Kretzen |
| Type | graded semester performance |
| Language of examination | German |
| Repetition | Repetition only possible after re-enrolling for the course unit. |
Learning materials
| No public learning materials available. | |
| Only public learning materials are listed. |
Groups
| No information on groups available. |
Restrictions
| General | Permission from lecturers required for all students |
Offered in
| Programme | Section | Type | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GESS Science in Perspective | Literature | W |  |